Chapter 86 - 40: Bride Price and Dowry (3)
Forget asking him. Even if he did find out, he would probably forget a moment later.
Jiang Li narrowed her eyes. "Then no drinking later!"
’Drinking with a cold? That’s just a recipe for disaster.’
Jiang Bowen quickly complained, "To stop me from drinking, your mom even made me take antibiotics."
Jiang Li snorted. "As she should have."
Shen Yugang glanced at his watch. Shen Yanzhi was still busy cooking. "It’s still early. Bowen, why don’t we start another game?"
Jing Shiyun nodded. "Sure."
However, Shen Yugang was unwilling to play with Shen Yuchu. In the end, Zhou Jiawen went over to play with Jiang Bowen and Shen Yugang, calling Xie Wan over to join them. Jing Shiyun, on the other hand, came to Jiang Li’s table.
’This is a first,’ Xie Wan thought. ’An employer who lets you play mahjong on the clock.’
Moreover, Jiang Li had even transferred ten thousand yuan to her, so her losses would be covered even if she lost.
Before, Jiang Li hadn’t realized just how slow Shen Yuchu was. After playing one hand, she could finally understand how Shen Yugang felt.
Not only was he slow, but every time he drew a tile, he had to count the tiles in his hand to make sure he had the right number.
Jiang Manshu, however, was asking for Jing Shiyun’s opinion as they played. "Shiyun, Shen and I looked at some dates recently. We think February 14th would be great—it’s Valentine’s Day. What do you think?"
Jing Shiyun smiled. "Her father and I have no objections. It’s up to you to decide."
As the bride’s parents, their demands weren’t high. All that mattered was that Jiang Li was treated well.
As for everything else, they had no worries.
"Alright, since you have no objections, I’ll go ahead and book the hotel first. Otherwise, we might not be able to get a reservation later."
With that, she immediately pulled her phone from her bag and contacted the hotel manager. "Xiao Li, is the Rose Hall still available on February 14th?"
Jing Shiyun instinctively glanced at Jiang Li, her eyes asking, "Is your mother-in-law always such a woman of action?"
Jiang Li hadn’t spent much time with Jiang Manshu, so she could only shrug helplessly, showing she didn’t know either.
’But with Jiang Manshu’s drive, she’d succeed at anything she did.’
It was unclear what the person on the other end said, but Jiang Manshu was heard saying, "Alright, book it for me. I’ll transfer you a 100,000-yuan deposit first."
After hanging up, she tapped on her phone a couple of times before putting it down. "All set."
"As for the bride price, we’re preparing ten million and one yuan. The symbolism is ’one in a million.’"
This was also the bride price given when Shen Yuchu married Zhou Jiawen. With two daughters-in-law, they couldn’t show favoritism.
"Besides the money, there’s also a house, a car, and a commercial property."
She watched Jing Shiyun and Jiang Bowen’s expressions as she spoke. "Is that acceptable? We can always add more if it isn’t."
The corner of Jing Shiyun’s mouth twitched. "You’ve already given a bride price. Surely there’s no need for another one."
"The first time, things were very rushed, and the wedding was sudden, so Shen Yanzhi prepared the bride price himself."
Back then, Shen Yanzhi had simply informed her and Shen Yugang to show up because he was getting married. She almost thought someone had stolen his phone.
A man who’d been single for decades suddenly getting married out of the blue—it was more shocking than a phone scam.
Luckily, the daughter-in-law was real.
So, when Shen Yanzhi said he wanted to hold a proper wedding ceremony, she was the first to agree.
In fact, when Jiang Li had mentioned redoing the wedding, Jing Shiyun and Jiang Bowen had already discussed the matter of the dowry.
Now, seeing how sincere Jiang Manshu was, she said, "In that case, we’ll provide a dowry of ten million and a supermarket."
Zhou Jiawen couldn’t help but gulp. ’She felt a little bad for her ex-husband.’
’If he hadn’t messed things up back then, that ten million and the supermarket would have been his.’
’If he knew what he’d lost, he would be kicking himself.’
Jiang Li weakly interjected, "Actually, we don’t need a bride price or a dowry."
In response, she received a firm rejection from the parents of the Shen and Jiang families. "Absolutely not!"
Even Zhou Jiawen chimed in, "Sister-in-law, just accept it. I received everything Mom just mentioned as well."
Xie Wan, who had just been part of the scenery until now, couldn’t help but gulp. ’Good heavens, she never expected both families to be so powerful. The bride price and dowry together already totaled twenty million.’
’With that twenty million, she’d be set for life.’
’The lives of the rich really are this simple and unpretentious.’